I think, much like “monopoly” and “dictatorship”, people feel aggrieved and they want to pull others into their grief so they use words and phrases they don’t really understand to indicate why Apple is so horrible. I’m sure someone will reply saying how it’s still planned, just planned WELL INTO THE FUTURE… which is, like, every company.
Deep down, they’re still emotionally in pain from Apple discontinuing their monitors, their wireless access points, FCP7, coming out with an expensive tower, or something else.